What is this show?

How to Change the World is an indie podcast on a mission.

We will document every single world changing innovation in the order they happened.

From the beginning of human history to today.

Simples.

 

Is it JUST history?

Noooo!

In between each history episode, we'll study world changing Mental Models.

You want to know how to change the world, right?

One needs to look at the broad patterns and dissect them from all angles.

So we're touring the most powerful ideas from:

  • Philosophy
  • Economics
  • Business
  • Science

And more..

Who is the show for?

Have you ever wondered:

  • What we all did before the internet?
  • Is it me or is everyone slightly crazy?
  • Why on earth do I have fingernails?

This podcast is probably for you.

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Have you ever wanted to:

  • Make a difference to humanity
  • Change something in the world
  • Quote strange facts at the dinner table

This podcast is almost certainly for you.

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Are you any of these:

  • Total nerd with too many interests covering history / science / politics / psychology
  • Ferocious innovator who loves building things
  • A simple human that likes hearing stories and bad puns in a British accent

This podcast is your podcast!

Who is it not for?

Do you enjoy:

  • Long lists of facts you can't remember
  • King by King by King by King by Queen by King by King and so on lists you also can't remember
  • Steven Bartlett

This podcast is DEFINITELY not for you.

 

Who is Sam Webster Harris?

Hi I am Sam

 

I am not this guy.

 

Just to make that clear

Different full names

Different birthdays.

Different hairstyles (also Francisca is the designer btw)

Apparently we both have weird smiles sometimes...

Anyway.

Sam (Webster) Harris, is a Biologist and entrepreneur with a mild learning addiction.

He enjoys long adventures, innovation, and philosophical puns.

Put them all together and you get this show.

Ta da.

Errr, actually that whole Sam Harris thing seems a bit much.. Is Sam okay?

There was an unfortunate issue with Apple podcasts labelling the other Sam B Harris as the host of Sam W Harris's last podcast.

This was not under Sam W Harris' control and he hadn't even noticed as he didn't have an iPhone...

A little unfair but also totally understandable for the poor people confused by Apple messing this up.

So now he is using his middle name which is totally weird for him and doing anything else to make it extra clear.

 

History is really big, does Sam know what he's talking about?

He expected to do one or two introductory 'prologue' episodes on the Stone age before getting into recorded history.

So clearly he had no idea what to expect.

Also, this topic hasn't been covered before in this style, so he's just working it out as he goes along.

For now, he is still quite lost in the stone age.

Despite the fact we haven't reached the invention of cheese yet he is still thoroughly enjoying it.

Sometime in 2026 he hopes to escape into a new era.

Please pray for him.